Talk:2006 Football League Trophy final/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 17:52, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

"The match was the 23rd final of the domestic cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One and Two, the Football League Trophy." - how about The match was the 23rd final of the Football League Trophy, a domestic cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One and Two.
"The final was contested between League One side Swansea City and League Two side Carlisle United." - repetition of the word "side"
"was their top goalscorer in the competition," - how about tournament for variety?
Wikilink crossing to Cross (association football)
Wikilink the term volley to Volley (association football) and header to Header (association football)

The wikilink in the word "A" in the second column in the table should be corrected to Layer Road
"In the second round, Swansea recorded a comfortable 4–0 victory over Rushden & Diamonds." - the word "comfortable" isn't particularly encyclopedic
"The only goal of the game was scored shortly before half time by Akinfenwa, his fourth goal of the competition," - repetition of the term "goal"

"Carlisle entered the final having won seven of their previous eight fixtures and having not suffered a defeat for nine league games." - and were not beaten in their last nine league games.
"and won the 1997 final." - and victory in the 1997 final.

"Carlisle were dealt a blow" - please reword the text in bold to a more formal, encyclopedic phrase
Wikilink cup-tied
The percent symbol should be replaced by per cent per MOS:PERCENT
Wikilink play-off finals to English Football League play-offs

"Regarding his goal, Trundle has described the effort as the best goal he scored during his career," - repetition of the word "goal"

Wikilink offside to Offside (association football)
"Swansea retook the lead with nine minutes remaining, Trundle playing through Akinfenwa," - the first comma is not appropriate in this instance

Reference 3 sends me to the Football Club History Database source and not the one from the RSSSF
The hyphens in reference 13 should be replaced by en dashes (–)
Ref 35: "Carlisle United 1 Swansea City 2"" A comma is missing between "1" and "Swansea"

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to respond/query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 08:12, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96: Thanks very much for the review, I've amended all of the points above. Let me know what you think. Kosack (talk) 16:52, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]